Church Zero: Raising 1st Century Churches out of the Ashes of the 21st Century Church by Peyton Jones is his back-to-original-principles exhortation towards radical reform of the current organized worship situation, free courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.
This has previously been offered free in 2013 and again in 2014.
Currently free, probably just for the rest of the day @
B&N (may also drop in the
UK),
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the
UK),
iTunes &
Google Play (both available to Canadians),
ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub available to select countries), and may also be free via other venues listed on the
publisher's web catalogue page, where you can watch the book's video trailer.
If you happen to like the author's ideas and be interested in listening to more, apparently he participates in two podcasts on this very subject:
Church Planting and
Church Planter
Description
A radical call to reform, Church Zero is a punk-rock approach to the pressing issue of gaining ground as rapidly as the early church.
With a fresh perspective forged in the dirty trenches of international post-Christian societies, Peyton Jones pulls no punches as he brings this message to the American Church: We have lost our way.
The church is losing ground fast: losing the generation under age 30 and drawing few nonbelievers toward Christ.
Christ gave us a leadership model for commando outreach, and the church has ignored it for too long. Will we continue down the path of self-preservation, defending our stalled church structures? Or will we follow the blueprint Jesus lays out?
Church Zero challenges readers to once again become a radical, dangerous people who cannot be ignored. It’s time to break out!